Wilson, Phil wrote: > I was about to say the same thing. It's not all managed code custom actions > that are "evil", it's really just the installer class mechanism that requires > the shim Dll, loading a framework into msiexec etc etc. Functionally, a > managed code exe has the same capability as an installer class (properties > pass one way into the code, no access to the install session) and if it's an > exe that you're installing it can run in the application context, with config > files etc.
Problem is that you *want* the evil parts (native shim) so that you can do declarative CAs with good logging. -- sig://boB http://bobs.org ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
